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Just Like Family

In the blog BitterSweet: Linked Through Slavery, we primarily focus on linked relationships between black and white people connected through US slavery—those descended from enslaved people or slaveholders who are…

Felicia FurmanJune 28, 2015

Slavery & Its Legacies

Rewriting History

Betty Kilby was nine years old when the Supreme Court handed down the Brown versus Board of Education decision that declared segregation in schools illegal in 1954. Four years later,…

BitterSweet EditorsJune 11, 2015

History, Culture, People, Places & Events

When Places Wrap Us Together

As our car turns down the lane, I flash back to Mom in the driver’s seat, the blue Nissan van idling beneath us as we wait for the yellow behemoth…

Andi Cumbo-FloydMay 13, 2015

Slavery & Its Legacies

I Can’t Hide Mine, Please Don’t Hide Yours: An Open Letter to Ben Affleck

"We need formerly slaveholding families to come to the fore, not hide." Amen, my brother Michael. View Michael W. Twitty's original post

grant.hayter-menziesApril 23, 2015

History, Culture, People, Places & Events

Whitney Plantation: What I Want for My Linked Families, Now!

Whitney Plantation, the first plantation museum to make the lives of the enslaved community the central focus of the site, to depict the truth of their lives and honor their…

Prinny AndersonApril 15, 2015

Linked Descendants

BLACK RUG/WHITE RUG; A DIALOGUE AMONG THREE LINKED ANCESTORS

By Joyceann Gray, Sarah Brown and Monique Hopkins Joyceann Gray, Monique Crippen-Hopkins and Sarah Brown are “linked through slavery”. Joyceann and Monique’s ancestors were enslaved by Sarah’s ancestors, the Washington…

Sarah BrownMarch 31, 2015

Healing, Repair & Action History, Culture, People, Places & Events Linked Descendants Research & Finding Documents Slavery & Its Legacies

Redrawing A Community – A Washington Descendant’s Journey, Part Two

Part One of this series is titled "Paper". It explains my family background, and how I was launched on this journey. Many thanks to the members of Bittersweet, for your…

Sarah BrownMarch 18, 2015

Linked Descendants

There is a Little Bit of Me in a Little Bit of You — A Black Woman Explains to a White Man . . . . “We Are Kin by Blood and Slavery”

My great grandfather, Jeremiah Turner (1840-1917), was born in slavery. Our family history explained 'Jery' was the slave son of Squire Turner (1793-1871), of Richmond, Kentucky. Jeremiah Turner was assuredly Squire…

Ardis LigonMarch 1, 2015

Sharing personal stories about our past & present connections to slavery & racism in this country.

Facing hard truths with honesty & compassion, so healing may begin.

Studying the role of enslavement in the evolution of the United States & its enduring legacy.

Just Like Family

Rewriting History

When Places Wrap Us Together

I Can’t Hide Mine, Please Don’t Hide Yours: An Open Letter to Ben Affleck

Whitney Plantation: What I Want for My Linked Families, Now!

BLACK RUG/WHITE RUG; A DIALOGUE AMONG THREE LINKED ANCESTORS

Redrawing A Community – A Washington Descendant’s Journey, Part Two

There is a Little Bit of Me in a Little Bit of You — A Black Woman Explains to a White Man . . . . “We Are Kin by Blood and Slavery”

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